Christians Found "Guilty" for Seeking to Convert Muslims in Algeria
by Staff
June 11, 2008
(christiansunite.com) - Four of the six Christians detained by police while leaving a prayer meeting in Tiaret on May 9 (see www.persecution.net/news/algeria11.html for more details) were given suspended sentences and fined by an Algerian court on June 3 for seeking to convert Muslims to Christianity, according to a June 3 report from Compass Direct. The court gave Rachid Muhammad Seghir a six-month suspended sentence and a 200,000-dinar fine ($3,282 CAD). He was originally charged with "distributing documents to shake the faith of Muslims."
Chabane Beikel, Abdelhak Rebeih and Djillali Saibi were each given two-month suspended sentences and 100,000-dinar ($1,640 CAD) fines.
The two other believers on trial, Mohamed Khene and Abdelkader Hori, were acquitted.
